How to Use the hell in a Sentence

the hell

noun

• Find the book again—what the hell? Time for a road trip!
  — Katie Barsotti, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
• Who knows what the hell this guy might turn into for the Jays.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Ryan… who the hell knows what’s going on with that kid.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 18 July 2024
• So, what the hell are the Avengers going to do against a thousand Kangs?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
• For Gretchen, the hell of not knowing where her son is has ended.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• But why the hell would Belichick want to work for Fredo Spanos?
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
• And then […] oh my god, what the hell did that just blossom into?
  — Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
• To Napster the hell out of it, to ride roughshod and disrupt for the sake of disruption.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 July 2024
• As the lower courts’ confusion shows, no one seems to know what the hell that means.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
• But few knew of the hell Nicole endured behind closed doors at the hands of her husband.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• But Cliff, who had one of the great voices of the classic rocksteady and reggae era, sings the hell out of it.
  — David Polansky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
• Why put yourself through the hell of non-front-closure bras when there are so many styles to choose from?
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2024
• One of the biggest cliffhangers, though, was what the hell happened to Ashley?
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 19 July 2024
• How the hell does one even begin to put together a list of the best jackets of all time?
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
• But can’t have a pool or sauna or whatever the hell that is in the stadium.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• Fight back, support those who do, get the hell out of the way or prepare to defend yourself.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• There was never a blueprint to it; nobody knew what the hell was gonna happen next.
  — Mathias Döpfner, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
• Within minutes, people on Nextdoor were like, ‘What the hell?
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• My wife sitting next to me is just wondering, what the hell is going on.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
• Now, how the hell are you supposed to know the inner workings of your dentist’s office?
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Sep. 2023
• Blumhouse’s latest strategy to scare the hell out of you: video games.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• Anyway, that’s going to be talked about the Touch of Evil opening or some of the great long takes ever, so how the hell did you guys do it?
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
• On the other hand, this whole juvie experience scared the hell out of me.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Wyatt’s crisis felt real, though, and Corbett played the hell out of Aidan’s response to it at the end of last week’s episode.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
• So do everybody a favor, just walk yourself off that stage, enjoy a nice meal and get the hell out of this race.
  — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• His dad’s handler could be in there right now, wondering what the hell his pet writer’s kid was doing out in the cold.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
• Around the same time, a goat casually pokes its snout into the frame, as though anxious to know what the hell is going on.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
• The goose busters were on standby to scare the hell out of Byrd Park's out-of-control Canada geese population.
  — Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 12 July 2024
• Christmas beats the hell out of these guys who really didn’t do anything but insist upon the rules of the thumb wrestling contest.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• Whatever the hell that In Memoriam segment was (but what’s new there?).
  — Travis Andrews, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024